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at the young age of 19, sandy went blind. he lost his sight, and with that all likely hope of a successful completion of his college career or a successful career in life. he was told by the social workers who met with him after glaucoma stole his sight from him that his future would likely consist of assembling screwdriver kits in a sheltered workshop in his hometown in upstate new york. but it's because of the kindness and the intervention of his roommates, art garfunkel and others who volunteered who dedicated countless hours to reading to him, to allowing him to finish his class work and to be successful in completing his studies at columbia and go on to harvard law school and then to oxford and then to go further and further. he's lived his entire adult life and achieved a career most of us can only dream of while also plunged in darkness. his exceptional courage and perseverance don't end there. today he wants to serve others and catalyze a transformative shift by ending blindness. is this outrageous? is this audacious?
at the young age of 19, sandy went blind. he lost his sight, and with that all likely hope of a successful completion of his college career or a successful career in life. he was told by the social workers who met with him after glaucoma stole his sight from him that his future would likely consist of assembling screwdriver kits in a sheltered workshop in his hometown in upstate new york. but it's because of the kindness and the intervention of his roommates, art garfunkel and others who...
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[applause] >> thank you sandy. when i came out to california in 1989 to oversee the construction of the library for president nixon, the first person i turned to us sandy plan, and i was 20 at the time when i took over the library. sandy was 30 at the time, so we have grown up together around the library and is so wonderful to be back. i'm glad you mentioned my friend larry elder and mike gallagher. mike's book is going to be tremendous great bestseller so if you have the chance come back and sing mike. mike isn't that are forming in memphis the weekend after next. i'm going to go and see them play in memphis which i think is going to be at the pantages. he is a wonderful speaker. if you have never seen mike, come out to hear him and you mentioned larry elder. larry and i are friends. i like to point out that larry elder, and cho coulter and i are all graduates of the university of michigan law school. different years. larry is older than i am. [laughter] ann was a little bit younger than i am but the three of us g
[applause] >> thank you sandy. when i came out to california in 1989 to oversee the construction of the library for president nixon, the first person i turned to us sandy plan, and i was 20 at the time when i took over the library. sandy was 30 at the time, so we have grown up together around the library and is so wonderful to be back. i'm glad you mentioned my friend larry elder and mike gallagher. mike's book is going to be tremendous great bestseller so if you have the chance come back...
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sandy caused a whopping storm surge. that's the column of water that is formed by the winds and the pressure system of a major system. that surge peaked at about five and a half feet in newport, rhode island, less than the 9 1/2 in lower manhattan but still significant. at the newport tide gauge, mean sea level is up 10 inches. mean sea level is up ten inches from our devastating hurricane of 1938 and this extra ten inches of sea level increased sandy's storm surge but at least that amount and experts predict sea level rise will continue up to three to five feet more in rhode island by the end of the century. if we do not recognize the need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and to prepare our infrastructure for climate change, future superstorms will be even more damaging than hurricane sandy. hurricane sandy was in some respects a preview of coming attractions. by 2100, the ocean will sit higher, be warmer, and feed more moisture and heat into storms. in addition, the oceans will be far more acidic but that's for a
sandy caused a whopping storm surge. that's the column of water that is formed by the winds and the pressure system of a major system. that surge peaked at about five and a half feet in newport, rhode island, less than the 9 1/2 in lower manhattan but still significant. at the newport tide gauge, mean sea level is up 10 inches. mean sea level is up ten inches from our devastating hurricane of 1938 and this extra ten inches of sea level increased sandy's storm surge but at least that amount and...
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coming from denver despite the logistic difficult created by hurricane sandy. the biggest challenge. >> there was no challenge coming in from denver 68 and sunny. [laughter] it's been like that for the last couple of weeks. i don't know what the fuss is. [laughter] no, let me say what a pleasure it is to back hire and thank you so much for putting this together. as i'm looking out in the audience here, i see a lot of people i worked with during the days, and, you know, as we talk about the sort of onerous and times odious job of assistant secretary, one thing that made it a lot of better, you had extremely talented people to work with, and those are people that made the job easier and in fact made the job enjoyable at times. the other thing that makes the job easier is that i think our president has secretary of state have taken the position very seriously and put good anemia it. when you become the assistant secretary chances are pretty good that you're you have a good predecessor there. i had jim kelly who had done a lot of work to set things up. and to get t
coming from denver despite the logistic difficult created by hurricane sandy. the biggest challenge. >> there was no challenge coming in from denver 68 and sunny. [laughter] it's been like that for the last couple of weeks. i don't know what the fuss is. [laughter] no, let me say what a pleasure it is to back hire and thank you so much for putting this together. as i'm looking out in the audience here, i see a lot of people i worked with during the days, and, you know, as we talk about...
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the jury is still out on sandy in the sandy recovery. the governor of new jersey had this big fight with the mayor of atlantic city right now over whether he forced enough people to evacuate and so forth. pushing people around and forcing people to do things is not the way to recover him a disaster. there's a lot of literature, including some interesting stuff by great leftist writer about voluntary communities, the way they come together in the face of disaster. and that is what gets things going. we had a horrible disaster in new orleans, and brownie deserved all the planes that he got and so forth, but part of the problem is that we should not be relying on the government to take care of us in these dashing even in these terrible disaster situations. obviously, there's kind of be a situation where you need more brute force, and don't brute force is the one thing government is, in fact, good at. but those tend to have been in the headlines, whether they happen at the individual level. people need to, first of all, be discouraged from b
the jury is still out on sandy in the sandy recovery. the governor of new jersey had this big fight with the mayor of atlantic city right now over whether he forced enough people to evacuate and so forth. pushing people around and forcing people to do things is not the way to recover him a disaster. there's a lot of literature, including some interesting stuff by great leftist writer about voluntary communities, the way they come together in the face of disaster. and that is what gets things...
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already chopping before hurricane sandy came along. but where he really did engage a bunch of voters that had not been seen, but the debate the sort of the first positive experience they had considering romney. it really put the race in play, but sort of not quite enough. i'm going to talk about that more in a couple minutes. but the sacred being, i feel good about how he looked at it. one of the things in the senate and we still have a couple of outstanding races, but what seems to have happened if there were 10 tossup races and if they come down to what is that, montana and north dakota, if they both go democratic, then democrats will have won nine out of the 10 tossup races. if you go through a public incumbent democrats will win seven out of 10. it just goes to reinforce something we are at a new and we talked a little bit about before the election. that is when you get down to the last group of tossup senate races, they never break down the middle. they tend to break even in non-way years. they tend to drink two thirds one-way, on
already chopping before hurricane sandy came along. but where he really did engage a bunch of voters that had not been seen, but the debate the sort of the first positive experience they had considering romney. it really put the race in play, but sort of not quite enough. i'm going to talk about that more in a couple minutes. but the sacred being, i feel good about how he looked at it. one of the things in the senate and we still have a couple of outstanding races, but what seems to have...
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>> is sandy a turning point in this discussion are not? >> the whole discussion of climate change has become so polarized that i think if we can address some of our economic challenges and if we can address some of our immigration challenges, there are some things that are whole lot higher on the priority list than trying to overcome the divide on that. eventually, the progress of science will be persuasive to more and more people but right now what it has become so divisive that i wouldn't look for any sort of immediate -- on that particular issue. >> this could be an event like the santa barbara oil spill and the galvanizing changing the debate in an important way or is it just to -- >> i think there is more opportunity there but i do think whit's comments reflect something about the republican party that goes back to immigration, something about the dynamics of the republican party in the primaries that romney thought he could survive by positioning to the right in what ultimately when being as far right as possible on immigration and t
>> is sandy a turning point in this discussion are not? >> the whole discussion of climate change has become so polarized that i think if we can address some of our economic challenges and if we can address some of our immigration challenges, there are some things that are whole lot higher on the priority list than trying to overcome the divide on that. eventually, the progress of science will be persuasive to more and more people but right now what it has become so divisive that i...
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sandy mentioned to my law firm. we have been practicing law for many, many years. while i practice in endangered species law, not a trial lawyer. some apollo work, but mostly administrative law. my partners are all trial lawyers. they bring trial lawyers sensibilities to arguments. how many of you are trial lawyers? i usually have some show up. any of this? there are different than you and i. they're not normal people. trial lawyers are aggressive, fact driven, argumentative. they like the confrontation across the bar. my colleagues, especially tim cook. they are all tremendously skilled and all our young associates, trial lawyers. i began this book by sitting down with gary because carey is among the best trial lawyers in the united states. he is hired by the biggest corporation in the united states to represent an allegation has been made that their product and service has injured someone. and so he has to persuade juries all the time of the correctness of his arguments. and i was interested in writing a book that would persuade people of the correctness in my ar
sandy mentioned to my law firm. we have been practicing law for many, many years. while i practice in endangered species law, not a trial lawyer. some apollo work, but mostly administrative law. my partners are all trial lawyers. they bring trial lawyers sensibilities to arguments. how many of you are trial lawyers? i usually have some show up. any of this? there are different than you and i. they're not normal people. trial lawyers are aggressive, fact driven, argumentative. they like the...
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>> guest: well, you know, my district as most districts in new york were disrupted by hurricane sandy, and looking at the disruption, it's clear services were one of the key services that failed to perform, and so we want to have a hearing just to find out way went wrong and what to do in the future so it doesn't happen again. the fcc reported o quarter of the cell towers were knocked out in a area of ten states, and people lost wireless, television, telephone, and internet services putting lives at risk, and it's clear that there either was not correct preparation or we were caught by surprise. this is not something we want to happen again. the purpose of the hearing would not be to point any fingers. it would be to find out what happenedw3 and how congress gets involved so it doesn't happen again. i'm sure storms like sandy are becoming more and more common place, unfortunately, and we don't want a repetition of what happened in the northeast. >> host: we heard from the wireless industry earlier that they were relatively pleased with how their networks operated and how the wireless
>> guest: well, you know, my district as most districts in new york were disrupted by hurricane sandy, and looking at the disruption, it's clear services were one of the key services that failed to perform, and so we want to have a hearing just to find out way went wrong and what to do in the future so it doesn't happen again. the fcc reported o quarter of the cell towers were knocked out in a area of ten states, and people lost wireless, television, telephone, and internet services...
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the second part of it though is i'm a lawyer as sandy mentioned. we have been practicing law for many many years. by pratt the endangered species law i'm not a trial lawyer. i do some apollo work but it's mostly administrative love of my partners are all trial lawyers and they bring trial lawyer sensibility to our arguments. how many of you are trial lawyers here? i usually have lawyer show of. are there any trial lawyers who? they indeed are not normal people. [laughter] trial lawyers are aggressive, fact-driven, argumentative. they like the confrontation and my colleague, gary belinsky and janet hickson and elizabeth nolte and especially tim cook, they are all tremendous with skills and all her young associate trial lawyers. i began this book i sitting down with gary because gary is among the best trial lawyers in the united states. he was hired by the biggest corporation in the united states to represent a -- their product or service. he has to persuade juries all the time of the correct is that his arguments. i was interested in writing a book,
the second part of it though is i'm a lawyer as sandy mentioned. we have been practicing law for many many years. by pratt the endangered species law i'm not a trial lawyer. i do some apollo work but it's mostly administrative love of my partners are all trial lawyers and they bring trial lawyer sensibility to our arguments. how many of you are trial lawyers here? i usually have lawyer show of. are there any trial lawyers who? they indeed are not normal people. [laughter] trial lawyers are...
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what's the responsibility when it comes to recovering from sandy? >> guest: sure, that article and a hand like really captures exactly what is going on. so when a typical insurance event for a hurricane, there's going to be damage caused by wind, wind storm damage, fallen trees. you see in the news media there's going to be fires or natural gas lines. all of this damage will be covered are your typical homeowner's insurance policy that is covered by the private insurance, so you're going to contact if you have a claim camile contact your insurance company. they're going to cover it with your limits and deductibles and it's going to be private policy. any damage caused by flooding is covered only if you have a flood insurance policy to the national flood insurance program. that is the public program, a government program that covers flood losses. that ultimately will be picked up the tab, will ultimately be picked up by the policy in that program. so there's really kind of two ties these losses are going to come from. there's going to be the private
what's the responsibility when it comes to recovering from sandy? >> guest: sure, that article and a hand like really captures exactly what is going on. so when a typical insurance event for a hurricane, there's going to be damage caused by wind, wind storm damage, fallen trees. you see in the news media there's going to be fires or natural gas lines. all of this damage will be covered are your typical homeowner's insurance policy that is covered by the private insurance, so you're going...
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it was not simply a guantÁnamo afforded ready access to sandy i go to cuba, spain second capital in cuba, nor that they could absorb the entire fleet, nor that it offers better protection from tropical storms than port royal, nor finally that it is ideally situated to safeguard british shipping throughout the caribbean. all of which was true. but what put guantÁnamo over the top was its native splendor, it's navigable rivers, rolling hills, fertile plains. and yet from the beginning of the expedition, a fatal disagreement between the navy and the army during the expedition to cuba, despite a surprising absence of spanish troops and open road to santiago from guantÁnamo, the british army never advanced. and after nine days, neither the absence of the enemy of the establishment of a secure camp induced burns army counterpart to move. vernon set off to canvass the local countryside on his own. descending a latter, he boarded a long boat and headed up the guantÁnamo river. his delight at what he found apparently exaggerated eye his fear of losing. i thought it the most beautiful prospect
it was not simply a guantÁnamo afforded ready access to sandy i go to cuba, spain second capital in cuba, nor that they could absorb the entire fleet, nor that it offers better protection from tropical storms than port royal, nor finally that it is ideally situated to safeguard british shipping throughout the caribbean. all of which was true. but what put guantÁnamo over the top was its native splendor, it's navigable rivers, rolling hills, fertile plains. and yet from the beginning of the...
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just as the nation will always remember the victims of sandy hook elementary school. i know it means when someone close to you is suddenly taken away in an unspeakable way. my family was touched by the brutal mass shooting at a loppers in san francisco in 1993. where a crazed gunman with an assault weapon killed eight people and wounded another six people. one of those people was a brave young lawyer who threw his body over his life to save hers. that young man was one of my sons best friends. i can tell you beyond a shadow of a doubt how these horrific and senseless tragedies live on forever. the parents and spouses and children, their families, it changes their lives forever. since 1999, which was the year of the massacre at columbine high school, we have tried to talk about this. 250 students, teachers, and others, have been killed in school shootings. another 212 have been wounded. due to gun violence in our schools. i will break down just some of those. a 2005 shooting at red lake high school in minnesota left five people injured. an amish schoolhouse shooting in
just as the nation will always remember the victims of sandy hook elementary school. i know it means when someone close to you is suddenly taken away in an unspeakable way. my family was touched by the brutal mass shooting at a loppers in san francisco in 1993. where a crazed gunman with an assault weapon killed eight people and wounded another six people. one of those people was a brave young lawyer who threw his body over his life to save hers. that young man was one of my sons best friends....
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that criteria excluded funding not related to sandy. now, there is -- there is a long list of requests out there for previous disasters, mitigation was for future disasters that may or may not come. so on mitigation we said, let's set that aside for later deliberation. on nonrelated issues such as cleaning up tsunami debris on the west coast, those -- those expenditures put in this $60.4 billion proposal by the administration and brought to this senate floor, if it's not related directly to this storm, let's set those aside for the procedures that is it was being dealt with before sandy occurred or put those procedures in place to deal with it -- to deal with it afterward. so unrelated items and unsubstantiated items, those where all the facts weren't in, where these were estimates that had not been certified and not substantiated in a way that i think gives us the -- puts us into a position to make the correct decisions in terms of going forward. and so under that criteria, we came up with a proposal that totals -- it's a little bit of
that criteria excluded funding not related to sandy. now, there is -- there is a long list of requests out there for previous disasters, mitigation was for future disasters that may or may not come. so on mitigation we said, let's set that aside for later deliberation. on nonrelated issues such as cleaning up tsunami debris on the west coast, those -- those expenditures put in this $60.4 billion proposal by the administration and brought to this senate floor, if it's not related directly to...
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the majority is still out on hurricane sandy. the governor of new jersey is in this big fight with the mayor of atlantic city over whether he forced enough people to evacuate and so forth. and then pushing people around and forcing people to do things, it is not the way to recover from this disaster. there is a lot of literature, including interesting stuff about voluntary communities in the way that they come together in the face of disaster. that is what gets things going. we had a horrible disaster in new orleans. and he deserved all the the women he got himself with so forth. part of the problem is we should not be relying on the government to take care of us in these situations. even in these terrible disaster situations. obviously, there's going to be a situation where you need more brute force and the only brute force is the one thing the government is that. but those tend to happen in the headlines more than at the individual level. people need to be discouraged from building houses in hurricane zones. we don't need to ge
the majority is still out on hurricane sandy. the governor of new jersey is in this big fight with the mayor of atlantic city over whether he forced enough people to evacuate and so forth. and then pushing people around and forcing people to do things, it is not the way to recover from this disaster. there is a lot of literature, including interesting stuff about voluntary communities in the way that they come together in the face of disaster. that is what gets things going. we had a horrible...
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democrats are out of office, and it's the same people who served at the top of the clinton administration; sandy berger, madeleine albright,stone talbot. and then we run into the iraq war. and this time the democrats try to correct the mistakes of the, that they made politically at the time of the gulf war vote to authorize the use of force in iraq. and those, that, um, experience of 2002-2003 gives rise to the obamians, democrats who really didn't, didn't get involved -- weren't working in the executive branch of foreign policy, um, until 2009. um, they really rose to prominence in opposition to bush. they had the experience of the disaster of the iraq war, they also had the experience of the financial crisis of 2008. um, they have a different perspective than i think the, um, classic clinton democrats, um, and who are these people? well, people like dennis mcdone nowg who is now the deputy national security adviser who really has been over the last three years, um, the guy who sees throughout the administration that what obama wants, obama gets. ben rhodes, speak writer, wordsmith for the admi
democrats are out of office, and it's the same people who served at the top of the clinton administration; sandy berger, madeleine albright,stone talbot. and then we run into the iraq war. and this time the democrats try to correct the mistakes of the, that they made politically at the time of the gulf war vote to authorize the use of force in iraq. and those, that, um, experience of 2002-2003 gives rise to the obamians, democrats who really didn't, didn't get involved -- weren't working in the...
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as sandy approached, pedro was very smart. he got his family and his children out. he got them to higher ground, to a safer place. unfortunately, he stayed, and the brutal winds hit his home and his community so hard, winds of unbelievable force, it blew his roof off, it collapsed the structure of his house, flood waters flowed in. with the rising water, he literally felt his life was at risk. he called his wife and kids to say goodbye. but he was a strong man and he endured. he actually was able to fight the storm waters and swam to safety to a neighbor's house. now, you'd think that was going to be the worst for pedro and his family but it's not. it's actually not. his house was completely destroyed. but as he's begun his efforts to rebuild, he's found roadblock after roadblock, challenge after challenge, and difficulty in that small effort of beginning to rebuild. he called his insurance company. his insurance is capped at half of the value of his home. he called fema. fema offered him $2,800. now, this is a man any of us would be proud to call our own son. he li
as sandy approached, pedro was very smart. he got his family and his children out. he got them to higher ground, to a safer place. unfortunately, he stayed, and the brutal winds hit his home and his community so hard, winds of unbelievable force, it blew his roof off, it collapsed the structure of his house, flood waters flowed in. with the rising water, he literally felt his life was at risk. he called his wife and kids to say goodbye. but he was a strong man and he endured. he actually was...
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i actually very much enjoyed sandy's remarks, and i agree that the scholarship in our field is moving in this direction, more about constitutional design rather than sort of historical legitimacy or historical authenticity, and i just wanted to take what he had to say a little bit farther in that i'm not so convinced necessarily that even if western going -- if we were going to design a modern presidency today, that we would design one that's that different than what the original presidency was supposed to be. i think a lot of the problems we have perhaps with the performance of the presidency today has to do with a lot of duties and purposes that we assume the presidency have which were not necessarily what the framers in 1789 wanted. and so we're having a difficulty reconciling who we elect as president and, sure, we can all say they have various deficiencies and the kinds of tax and duties we expect of them which i think should go well beyond the constitutional design. i was listening to sandy talk, i thought it was fascinating, and because of his talk i'm going to go out and buy h
i actually very much enjoyed sandy's remarks, and i agree that the scholarship in our field is moving in this direction, more about constitutional design rather than sort of historical legitimacy or historical authenticity, and i just wanted to take what he had to say a little bit farther in that i'm not so convinced necessarily that even if western going -- if we were going to design a modern presidency today, that we would design one that's that different than what the original presidency was...
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with irene, with sandy. and so, you know, i think it will give some impetus to deal with climate change, but even if we can't reach compromise on that, there's lots of things in energy that we can reach compromise on, and that would be on the agenda. and the fourth thing i'd put on the agenda i talked about earlier in reference to your question, dave. maybe we can get some real financial reform. as i said, i think republicans are beginning to rethink super pacs, because they haven't been, they haven't produced the positive results they hoped for, and they have created negative results that they hadn't expected. >> yes, sir. >> senator, back on fiscal issues for a second. if a deal is reached before the end of the year as you hope, does that remove the need for more comprehensive tax reform next year? >> well, my view, and i said this, is that corporate tax reform should be treated separately. why? because to make corporate tax reform work, you should not have revenue increases. and, you know, you're putting
with irene, with sandy. and so, you know, i think it will give some impetus to deal with climate change, but even if we can't reach compromise on that, there's lots of things in energy that we can reach compromise on, and that would be on the agenda. and the fourth thing i'd put on the agenda i talked about earlier in reference to your question, dave. maybe we can get some real financial reform. as i said, i think republicans are beginning to rethink super pacs, because they haven't been, they...
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. >> sandy, i really welcome this. i think my understanding is that the time of the federalist papers in our constitution, 1787 and so forth, grew out of a lot of studies of the constitution across time and across countries and so forth. so that grew out of serious study of other good constitutions. now, what you're proposing, i think, is this constitutional convention which i find quite interesting, and i think your knowledge of the 51 state constitutions as well as the others you looked at would give you a perspective which would be extremely useful in such a constitutional convention. and so based on everything you've seen and known to date if you could propose three things for a new constitution, the three most important changes to today's constitution, what would those be? >> let me take your word "proposal" quite literally. i mean, there are certain issues that i have very strong views on that at the end of the day might not be all that important like, for example, getting rid of life tenure for members of the un
. >> sandy, i really welcome this. i think my understanding is that the time of the federalist papers in our constitution, 1787 and so forth, grew out of a lot of studies of the constitution across time and across countries and so forth. so that grew out of serious study of other good constitutions. now, what you're proposing, i think, is this constitutional convention which i find quite interesting, and i think your knowledge of the 51 state constitutions as well as the others you looked...
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as the details not take, that hartford checotah newton into the firehouse in sandy hook. i arrived there is a public official, but what i saw was through the eyes of a parent. the firehouse in sandy hook is where parents went to find out if their children were okay. the way they found out was that their children it. or they didn't and after a while, some of the children came from a summer with their parents there or at school and their parents took them home and others did not. i will live forever with the sight and sound of those parents as they emerge from the firehouse. the cries and sobbing of grief in english, the look on those faces. the murderer blasted its way into the elementary school in sandy hook armed with a bushmaster aars 15 assault rifle come a 10-millimeter glock pistol and a nine millimeters six-hour and with multiple magazines filled with 10, 15, 30 rounds, hundreds of rounds that he used in an execution style massacre. wayne carver, who is the state radical examiner for connecticut has been in that job for more than 30 years. he has seen it all, beatty
as the details not take, that hartford checotah newton into the firehouse in sandy hook. i arrived there is a public official, but what i saw was through the eyes of a parent. the firehouse in sandy hook is where parents went to find out if their children were okay. the way they found out was that their children it. or they didn't and after a while, some of the children came from a summer with their parents there or at school and their parents took them home and others did not. i will live...
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there was a bill introduced byct the ranking member of the waysru and means committee in the house, sandy levin, that called for this legislation. the speaker was going to bringia it up to kill it, but he u couldn't kill it, and then hekil moved to plan b, the debacle of all debacles. it's the mother of all debacles. that was brought up in an effore to send us manager. he couldn't even -- to send us something.he he couldn't even pass it amongre republicans, it was so absurd. he, meaning the speaker. so it's very clear, mr. president, that the speaker's number one goal is to get elected speaker on january 3rd. the house is not even here. he's told me he'll give 'em two not two days, 48 hours. they don't even have enough of the leadership here to meet to talk about it. they've done it with conference calls. people are spread all over the basically, is waiting for january 3rd. now, the present campaigned on raising taxes on people making more than $250,000 a year.l the bush era tax cuts will expire at the end of this year. obama was elected with a surplus of about three million votes. he cam
there was a bill introduced byct the ranking member of the waysru and means committee in the house, sandy levin, that called for this legislation. the speaker was going to bringia it up to kill it, but he u couldn't kill it, and then hekil moved to plan b, the debacle of all debacles. it's the mother of all debacles. that was brought up in an effore to send us manager. he couldn't even -- to send us something.he he couldn't even pass it amongre republicans, it was so absurd. he, meaning the...
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as the details mounted, left hartford to go to noun, and to the firehouse in sandy hook. i arrived there as a public official, but what i saw was through the eyes of a parent. the firehouse in sandy hook is where parents went to find out if their children were okay. the way they found out was that their children appeared or they didn't. and after a while, some of the children came, some were reunited with the parents there or at the school, and their parents took them home, and others did not. i will live forever with the sights and sounds of those parents as they emerged from the firehouse. the cries and sobbing, cries of grief and anguish, the look on those faces, the murderer blasted his way into the elementary school in sandy hook armed with a bush haven'ter ar-15, an assault rifle. a 10-millimeter glock pistol, and a nine millimeter sig sauer, and with multiple magazines, filled with ten, 15, 30 rounds, hundreds of rounds, that he used in an execution style massacre. wayne car very, the state medical examiner for connecticut, has been on that job for more than 30 yea
as the details mounted, left hartford to go to noun, and to the firehouse in sandy hook. i arrived there as a public official, but what i saw was through the eyes of a parent. the firehouse in sandy hook is where parents went to find out if their children were okay. the way they found out was that their children appeared or they didn't. and after a while, some of the children came, some were reunited with the parents there or at the school, and their parents took them home, and others did not....
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capitol here where hurricane sandy has shut down the federal government for the date and several local school systems for tomorrow. many of the evidence we had planned to cover have already been canceled, but the white house has announced that president obama will address the nation at 12:45 p.m. eastern and will have that live for you on c-span. hurricane sandy has put a crimp in the final week of the presidential campaign, but has not stopped some events in the crucial swing state of ohio from taking place. vice-president biden was there today's topic for reelection. expected to be joined by former president bill clinton, and you can watch that live at 3:30 p.m. eastern on our companion network c-span. >> as you consider that, you know, while ago no one would ever agree to carry around a tracking device. now we all carry around cell phones, which you can inherit the track. no one would ever have posted, you know, let anyone read their you know, right now all of us use the e-mail and it's all store on the server by go will. and so this is interesting that we, as a society, have given
capitol here where hurricane sandy has shut down the federal government for the date and several local school systems for tomorrow. many of the evidence we had planned to cover have already been canceled, but the white house has announced that president obama will address the nation at 12:45 p.m. eastern and will have that live for you on c-span. hurricane sandy has put a crimp in the final week of the presidential campaign, but has not stopped some events in the crucial swing state of ohio...
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a very small amount compared to sandy but significant still for those affected. nationwide, the financial consequences of weather-related disasters and climate change hit an historic new high last year. u.s. disasters cost over $55 billion in damages. federal, state and local governments are paying out more every year in damages and lost productivity, so the question, then, is, as we as a government, what are we going to do about this? is this a new normal? the insurance and defense sectors have looked at the scientific data. they are changing their operations. they are preparing for the worst and even bigger losses. insurance commissioners in california, new york and washington now require companies to disclose how they are working to plot the effects of climate change and their responses. congress may be in denial but the real world, the private sector, is not. and as the government is the ultimate insurer of millions of americans in the crop insurance and national flood insurance programs, we have to get serious about addressing the cause and effects of climat
a very small amount compared to sandy but significant still for those affected. nationwide, the financial consequences of weather-related disasters and climate change hit an historic new high last year. u.s. disasters cost over $55 billion in damages. federal, state and local governments are paying out more every year in damages and lost productivity, so the question, then, is, as we as a government, what are we going to do about this? is this a new normal? the insurance and defense sectors...
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the sandy winston churchill was honored with the literature prize, not the peace prize. the marshall gives him the most unusual nobel lecture, probably the nobel lectures eastlake a nobel lecture. he says that disarmament and demobilization and demilitarization i've been disastrous for his country and further democracies. we were back on our heels before world war ii and we are back at her house again unprepared for korea. he said basically much better link that soldiers like me who have to clean up after people like you and officers like me have to send young men to die because they were properly defended because we were enemies. that is not the kind of thing they're used to hearing and oslo. it seems controversial because even after all he was with the army and he gives the theory, very, very thoughtful into the commonsensical speech. >> host: was controversially say, but he was also a very popular figure. >> guest: when i see controversial, with waiting? i'm in controversial and that is the classes. controversial price, controversial choice on the left among academics
the sandy winston churchill was honored with the literature prize, not the peace prize. the marshall gives him the most unusual nobel lecture, probably the nobel lectures eastlake a nobel lecture. he says that disarmament and demobilization and demilitarization i've been disastrous for his country and further democracies. we were back on our heels before world war ii and we are back at her house again unprepared for korea. he said basically much better link that soldiers like me who have to...
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. >> host: do you foresee a hearing on sandy and its affect? >> guest: i anticipate -- i'm not sure if it would be necessarily at the federal level. but i know in terms of this -- i'm pretty confident that there will be some assessment. normally on a state-by-state level. again, looking at and evaluating and making pronouncements is what we can do better. there will be hearings. i'm not sure if it will escalate to the federal level. >> host: thank you, mignon cyburn and paul kirby. this is the tremont on c-span2. "communicators" on c-span2. .. >> on the aid of the 2012 election former u.s. representatives talked about competitive u.s. house and senate races around the country. panels includes former representative former chairs of the republican, democratic national committees. from the bipartisan policy center in washington, this is an hour and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> why don't we go ahead and begin. good morning everybody. i and a senior fellow at the bipartisan policy center and more relevant a form
. >> host: do you foresee a hearing on sandy and its affect? >> guest: i anticipate -- i'm not sure if it would be necessarily at the federal level. but i know in terms of this -- i'm pretty confident that there will be some assessment. normally on a state-by-state level. again, looking at and evaluating and making pronouncements is what we can do better. there will be hearings. i'm not sure if it will escalate to the federal level. >> host: thank you, mignon cyburn and paul...
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until then economist mark sandy talks about why federal action is needed in the economy now. >> mark sandy is chief economist at moody's great thank you for joining us in west chester pennsylvania. >> guest: thank you for joining me. o-oscar there is an action after the weak jobs report came out last week. but the main purpose of monetary policy. how does that relate to job growth? >> guest: welcome the federal reserve plays a very key role in terms of the broader economy and job creation. it lowers interest rates in times of difficulty like the current. to make it easier for people to borrow money, businesses to go out and invest and takes pressure off people who borrowed lots of money already brings down debt and makes it easier to spend, which is obviously key to businesses hiring people. lots of different ways to set influences the economy broadly. so they are very important to the job market. >> host: what did you bathe that came out last week in the economic mood in general great now domestically why are we at the point where we talk about the feds roll classics just go well, t
until then economist mark sandy talks about why federal action is needed in the economy now. >> mark sandy is chief economist at moody's great thank you for joining us in west chester pennsylvania. >> guest: thank you for joining me. o-oscar there is an action after the weak jobs report came out last week. but the main purpose of monetary policy. how does that relate to job growth? >> guest: welcome the federal reserve plays a very key role in terms of the broader economy and...
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one, the legislative vehicle for the supplemental spending bill by the areas affected by superstorm sandy. we will have live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. the pension benefit guarantee corporation director says without congressional changes the agency will end up with little resources failed improved pension plans or those plans until. he testified before the house education and the workforce subcommittee on pensions yesterday. we will show as much of this as possible into the senate else in at 11. >> -- senate gavels in at 11. >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> [inaudible conversations] >> the subcommittee on health employment labor and pensions peions will come to order. good morning, director, and it'd good to see you again. we appreciate you taking the time to be with us this morningo before we begin i'd like to take a moment to extend my ban condolences to the people of coolences to newtown, connecticut. last week an unspeakable act off people killed 20 innocentdren children and six amazing adultsl change int our country and thehk committee around
one, the legislative vehicle for the supplemental spending bill by the areas affected by superstorm sandy. we will have live coverage of the senate here on c-span2. the pension benefit guarantee corporation director says without congressional changes the agency will end up with little resources failed improved pension plans or those plans until. he testified before the house education and the workforce subcommittee on pensions yesterday. we will show as much of this as possible into the senate...
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one of the problems with sandy come hurricane sandy talking about the infrastructure being older and the worst subway damage in 100 years or some odd, one of the reasons it seems to me is we are paying so much in pensions to the union workers that we can't afford money for the infrastructure. >> host: that's the topic for "the new york times" front page, warnings that it could happen here. for nearly a decade they've told city and state officials in new york that it's a certain apparel rising sea levels and extreme weather patterns the alarm bells were louder after tropical storm last year when the city shut down its subway system and the water rushed into lower manhattan. tuesday as new yorkers woke up to submerged neighborhoods and electrical equipment they took their first step towards considering major infrastructure changes that could protect the fragile shores and 8 million residents from the disastrous damage. the governor said we will go next to new york i think, democratic call. help me with the name of your town. >> caller: what was the name of the question? >> host: the na
one of the problems with sandy come hurricane sandy talking about the infrastructure being older and the worst subway damage in 100 years or some odd, one of the reasons it seems to me is we are paying so much in pensions to the union workers that we can't afford money for the infrastructure. >> host: that's the topic for "the new york times" front page, warnings that it could happen here. for nearly a decade they've told city and state officials in new york that it's a certain...
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californians remember this tragedy just as the nation will always remember the victims of sandy hook elementary school. i know it means when someone you love is suddenly taken away in this unspeakable way. my family was touched in 1993 where a crazed gunman killed eight people and wounded another six people. one of those people was a brave young lawyer who threw his body over his wife, sacrificing his own life to save her. that young man was one of my son's best friend. and so i can tell you without a shadow of a doubt how these terrific and senseless tragedies live on with the survivors forever. the spouses and their children and the families. it changes their lives for ever since 1999, which was the year of the massacre at columbine high school, 258 students and teachers and others have been killed in school shootings. another 212 have been wounded due to gun violence in our schools. and i will break down some of this for you. 2005 shooting in minnesota left five injured. in 2006, there were six dead and five injured. a gunman killed 33 and wounded 23 others at virginia tech in 200
californians remember this tragedy just as the nation will always remember the victims of sandy hook elementary school. i know it means when someone you love is suddenly taken away in this unspeakable way. my family was touched in 1993 where a crazed gunman killed eight people and wounded another six people. one of those people was a brave young lawyer who threw his body over his wife, sacrificing his own life to save her. that young man was one of my son's best friend. and so i can tell you...
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we want effective government, and i just throw in the tag line that if you believe, as many do, that sandy was a bicker for president obama in the closing days of the election and had something to do with the change in the polls, 47-47 to 51 -- 50-47, and that says, to me, arguing big government against small government is really wasted rhetoric and what we want is government that is effective, number one, and number two, we. government to do those things that are, you know, that demonstrate a sense of care about people like me. >> [inaudible] >> as a footnote, fewer than half, they said obama's hurricane response said 42% said it was a big factor. >> what do you think that president obama -- how much is president obama willing to accept if something like simpson bowles, that program calling for 70% cuts and 30% to revenue increases, he campaigned against romney saying you're going to lose this or that to all kinds of groups, but never said he was willing to cut anything or talked about how the deficit was important, and now that he's re-elected how much is he willing to accept some progra
we want effective government, and i just throw in the tag line that if you believe, as many do, that sandy was a bicker for president obama in the closing days of the election and had something to do with the change in the polls, 47-47 to 51 -- 50-47, and that says, to me, arguing big government against small government is really wasted rhetoric and what we want is government that is effective, number one, and number two, we. government to do those things that are, you know, that demonstrate a...
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. >> sandy, i really welcome this. i think my understanding is that the time of the federalist papers in our constitution in 1787 and so forth grew out of a lot of study of constitutions across time and across countries and so forth. and so that grew out of serious study of other good constitutions. now, what you're proposing, i think, is this constitutional convention which i find quite interesting, and i think your knowledge of the 51 state constitutions as well as the others you've looked at would give you a perspective which would be extremely useful in such a constitutional convention. and so based on everything you've seen and known to date, if you could propose three things for a new constitution, the three most important changes to today's constitution, what would those be? >> let me take your word "proposal" quite literally. i mean, there are certain issues that i have very strong views on, um, that at the end of the day might not be all that, might not be all that important like, for example, getting rid of l
. >> sandy, i really welcome this. i think my understanding is that the time of the federalist papers in our constitution in 1787 and so forth grew out of a lot of study of constitutions across time and across countries and so forth. and so that grew out of serious study of other good constitutions. now, what you're proposing, i think, is this constitutional convention which i find quite interesting, and i think your knowledge of the 51 state constitutions as well as the others you've...
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. >> sandy wells came out in that it should be reinstated. i mean, think the misconception is most of the high risk all she activities for i was in the banking system. any rationale behind it? been at the riskiest activity in the world this uncorrelated -- i'm sorry, correlated funding, whether it's the year was for marketers leverage finance. they were all standing in one form or another that would all correlate to the u.s. economy when the economy were to recession, something over 90% of the losses were among books, not necessarily a trading activities, although i will tell you it turns out those investment banks had a lot of ended tories also. so we live in a state, a wholesale bank and we are wholesaling the investment bank and we are frankly the only ones left because part of citigroup, morgan stanley has come up as you know they just bought a retail business that have gone into retails. she, i hope we have right. >> last man standing. >> i don't want to be the last minute and then for a few minutes. last night the point is we made a dec
. >> sandy wells came out in that it should be reinstated. i mean, think the misconception is most of the high risk all she activities for i was in the banking system. any rationale behind it? been at the riskiest activity in the world this uncorrelated -- i'm sorry, correlated funding, whether it's the year was for marketers leverage finance. they were all standing in one form or another that would all correlate to the u.s. economy when the economy were to recession, something over 90%...
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i mean to be honest, some say the storm, and sandy may have had an impact, i don't know that it's -- voters who decided in the last seven days, barack obama won a majority. which was a huge surprise to political scientists around the country who will tell you where you have an incumbent and challenger, the challenger picks up the majority of the last minute voters and so-called undecided voters because they are not happy with the status quo, but wait until the end to decide. in this case, they broke for the incumbent, and sandy probably had something to do with that, but, look, i think it's a matter of policy. it's a matter of outreach because people speak for the republican party, and timely, it's a matter of tone. in, again, making people feel that this is not just an exclusive party, but the policies are inclusive, and we were just not getting it to that level. >> do you think the comments by the senator candidates akin, and did that affect polling you saw for republicans broadly? >> yes. [laughter] >> the final numbers, i think, are not in yet, but it will probably be comparable
i mean to be honest, some say the storm, and sandy may have had an impact, i don't know that it's -- voters who decided in the last seven days, barack obama won a majority. which was a huge surprise to political scientists around the country who will tell you where you have an incumbent and challenger, the challenger picks up the majority of the last minute voters and so-called undecided voters because they are not happy with the status quo, but wait until the end to decide. in this case, they...
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sandy did not keep me awake at and to with colleagues with whom i've shared many professional and personal experiences. [inaudible] a quick note on the role of assistant secretary of state, i don't know how my colleagues feel, but of all the jobs i've had i thought that was the most demanding in the most challenging. the most dramatic was being with henry kissinger on a lot of escapades. the most fun with him ambassador to but the most grueling i believe was assistant secretary. i have both a macro and micro example of challenges, but with time i will say that china road goes was a macro challenge. we can come back to that because that was quite a challenge during my time in office. the macro one is really shared by all of us. that is to get the attention of this region that it deserves. now, every regional assistant secretary tries to do that from a parochial standpoint. in our case at least in the last two decades, the fact it's so important that it was virtually true. so it wasn't just parochial. i'm going to be going when we talk about the present administration's policy because i say
sandy did not keep me awake at and to with colleagues with whom i've shared many professional and personal experiences. [inaudible] a quick note on the role of assistant secretary of state, i don't know how my colleagues feel, but of all the jobs i've had i thought that was the most demanding in the most challenging. the most dramatic was being with henry kissinger on a lot of escapades. the most fun with him ambassador to but the most grueling i believe was assistant secretary. i have both a...
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members will continue consideration of a bill that will help the victims of hurricane sandy. the senate banking subcommittee on financial institutions is holding a hearing this morning on consumer credit reports. witnesses will include representative of the consumer protection bureau, about oversight of the credit reporting market. you can see that live on c-span3 and noon eastern. >> one of the things that did surprise me a little, i didn't conduct a nationwide survey but among people with long guns that i talked with high found very often the reaction, your way of thinking before and after you get a gun is very different. i think any law-abiding gun owners realizes when he has a gun, he or she, it is a huge responsibility. if you use this weapon irresponsibly or wrongly you could get yourself in legal trouble, you could cause unnecessary death, you did not intend to harm to, makes you very careful. it should make you very careful and for most people it does but it would make people more careful if they all had to pass some kind of test before they get licensed. >> before yo
members will continue consideration of a bill that will help the victims of hurricane sandy. the senate banking subcommittee on financial institutions is holding a hearing this morning on consumer credit reports. witnesses will include representative of the consumer protection bureau, about oversight of the credit reporting market. you can see that live on c-span3 and noon eastern. >> one of the things that did surprise me a little, i didn't conduct a nationwide survey but among people...
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you saw what we did with hurricane sandy. we can do this wit with a hurrie of the debt of the fiscal cliff coming. if only we can get it up to a vote in the house. that may not happen. and it may be that they came not we should deal on this plan because there's no plain error so easy procedural way to get a vote against the a few months down the road that should actually meet those targets. and, frankly, find a tax form plan that raises the trillion dollars in revenues is a far tricky than the 1986 tax reform which cut rates, broaden the base and eliminate deductions but was revenue neutral. that was tough enough. but if they can manage to find that, we may see that dynamic emerge. i will make just two other quick point. one is very interesting role the paul ryan will play from this point on. paul ryan was simultaneously a loser and a winner on tuesday night. a winner because he won his house seat, a loser for the obvious reason but also for a couple of additional ones. it's kind of embarrassing when you put on the ticket and
you saw what we did with hurricane sandy. we can do this wit with a hurrie of the debt of the fiscal cliff coming. if only we can get it up to a vote in the house. that may not happen. and it may be that they came not we should deal on this plan because there's no plain error so easy procedural way to get a vote against the a few months down the road that should actually meet those targets. and, frankly, find a tax form plan that raises the trillion dollars in revenues is a far tricky than the...
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authorizization access from the andrews summit, which i didn't realize i had until the tree fell on our house in sandy, my wife went to the attic to clear it out so the guys could put a new roof on, she said what are you saving this stuff for? [laughter] and i looked and i thought, this is what i'm saving it for. [laughter] and my number is 108, and, you know, i wasn't the lowest ranking person there. and so, you know, it was a room where good food was consumed as people have already mentioned, but there was a whole lot of staff on and on until 2:00 at night sometimes, and very little, you know, happening in the way of progress until much smaller group the eight people largely without staff met and speaker follow foley's officers. there was an agreement reached in which -- as pointed out the hurdle half way down the track and was a symbol of progress. that progress in part was the result of misjudgment, i think, on the part of some important players. here i would say senator byrd was convinced that the caps that were part of the agreement and insisted upon by dick weren't going to work. they were mode
authorizization access from the andrews summit, which i didn't realize i had until the tree fell on our house in sandy, my wife went to the attic to clear it out so the guys could put a new roof on, she said what are you saving this stuff for? [laughter] and i looked and i thought, this is what i'm saving it for. [laughter] and my number is 108, and, you know, i wasn't the lowest ranking person there. and so, you know, it was a room where good food was consumed as people have already mentioned,...
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. >> last eagle, sandy weill's came out is that it should be reinstated. i think the misconception there is that most of the the high-risk balance sheet activity is not an investment bank system. any rationale behind a? >> the risk of activity in the world is uncorrelated and correlated lending whether it's in the form of ceos or mortgages or leverage finance. they were all bending in one form or another. in the economy went through a recession 90% of the losses were due to -- not necessarily the trading activity although i will tell you it turns out a lot of those banks have a lot of loans in inventory. so we are going to stay a wholesale bank wholesale investment bank and we are frankly the only ones left. morgan stanley is but as you know they just ought the big retail business and they have gone into retail. gee i hope they are right. >> last man standing. >> will i don't want to be the last man standing for a few minutes. [laughter] the point is we have always had a matter of strategy 20 years ago that if we stayed focused on our core competence and n
. >> last eagle, sandy weill's came out is that it should be reinstated. i think the misconception there is that most of the the high-risk balance sheet activity is not an investment bank system. any rationale behind a? >> the risk of activity in the world is uncorrelated and correlated lending whether it's in the form of ceos or mortgages or leverage finance. they were all bending in one form or another. in the economy went through a recession 90% of the losses were due to -- not...
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well, i can't fail dispute on that issue, but insurance companies are not able to meet the cost of sandy? >> yeah, or in the future in regard to others when they can't make payments. specifically more your thoughts on bailout and the effect of national debt. >> all make one comment on the insurance industry. it is hard to see that we don't need national regulations for the insurance industry. we certainly have it in the securities future industry and it certainly does have advantages. in classic u.s. fashion we have the sec, but still have state securities regulators. so to the extent we are a proper regulation that ties back to the financial industry come you obviously have to have proper reserves in the insurance industry. i would say with respect to bailouts, when you look at the financial world, what we still live with in the aftermath of 2008, it's the job of the policymakers to create an environment where they don't have to bailout, right? to the extent is a bailout, there's so many safeguards along the way that weren't there for the proper safeguards. the financial world debate is
well, i can't fail dispute on that issue, but insurance companies are not able to meet the cost of sandy? >> yeah, or in the future in regard to others when they can't make payments. specifically more your thoughts on bailout and the effect of national debt. >> all make one comment on the insurance industry. it is hard to see that we don't need national regulations for the insurance industry. we certainly have it in the securities future industry and it certainly does have...
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you saw what we did what hurricane sandy. we can do this with the hurricane in the fiscal cliff coming if only we can get it up to a vote in the house. that may not happen and it may be that they cannot reach a deal on this plan because there is no procedural way to get a vote that would guarantee a few months down the road that you would actually need those targets. frankly finding a tax reform plan that raises a trillion dollars in revenue is far trickier than the 1986 tax reform that cut rates, broaden the base and eliminate the deduction but was revenue neutral, i was tough enough. but if they can manage to find that we may see that dynamic emerge let me make two other quick points. he was a loser and a winner on tuesday night. a winner because he won his house seat, a loser for the obvious reason but also for a couple of additional ones. it's kind of embarrassing when you are put on the ticket and you can't carry your own state. but also his percentage in his district went down significantly. at the same time, there was
you saw what we did what hurricane sandy. we can do this with the hurricane in the fiscal cliff coming if only we can get it up to a vote in the house. that may not happen and it may be that they cannot reach a deal on this plan because there is no procedural way to get a vote that would guarantee a few months down the road that you would actually need those targets. frankly finding a tax reform plan that raises a trillion dollars in revenue is far trickier than the 1986 tax reform that cut...
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one reason is, sandy, i think it was, indicated cannot be aryans to respond to credible threats of force. you looked at the hostage crisis it was resolved when the ron reagan was elected. you read the biographies of the hostage-takers, they act like a cowboy. their release the hostages the moment he was sworn in. it's not that well-known, but the soviets were taken hostage at their embassy at the same time. the soviets threatened to bomb tehran. their hostages were let go. it's also important to note that the iran-iraq board came to an end when the u.s. mistakenly shot down an iranian civil airline. the iranians thought, well, the u.s. is going to get into this war no-holds-barred and the ayatollah made a speech. during the poisoned chalice. the cards were such that he had to simply take the best deal he could. that recommending they bond in iranian airline. on to say their is a lesson there. they backed down in the face of a credible threat of force. at the same time, if you were the iranians your thinking to yourself, well, what can i learn from the example of india and pakistan? they
one reason is, sandy, i think it was, indicated cannot be aryans to respond to credible threats of force. you looked at the hostage crisis it was resolved when the ron reagan was elected. you read the biographies of the hostage-takers, they act like a cowboy. their release the hostages the moment he was sworn in. it's not that well-known, but the soviets were taken hostage at their embassy at the same time. the soviets threatened to bomb tehran. their hostages were let go. it's also important...
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. >> sandy. the question is can you say something about the purging of the training manuals for fbi and other agencies here to comply with muslim brotherhood requirements? >> that's wrong on just so many levels. first of all, why we're taking advice from organizations that don't mean us well is baffling. the thought -- let's assume for argument's sake what you're hearing is right and outrageous stuff in the training manuals, if these are the people that we're training to protect our country from intelligence, i think they can probably be exposed to stuff and figure out what is wacky and real. if they can't, i don't know why they're being trained for the jobs they're being trained for. and finally, here's how much i think things have changed in fifteen years. -- after the the way we prosecuted the blind sheik to prove there were injunctions toward violence in the koran. i'm not suggests that's all the koran said. what he said was in there was in there. he would sell those injunctions into his comm
. >> sandy. the question is can you say something about the purging of the training manuals for fbi and other agencies here to comply with muslim brotherhood requirements? >> that's wrong on just so many levels. first of all, why we're taking advice from organizations that don't mean us well is baffling. the thought -- let's assume for argument's sake what you're hearing is right and outrageous stuff in the training manuals, if these are the people that we're training to protect our...
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wonder how hurricane sandy and a possible need for fema to get some emergency supplemental funding will impact on the lame duck and if you could talk a little bit about that and if the, if you think the c.r. that goes through march now will be folded into that to be finished out for the year. >> let me talk about that, because i was an appropriator. um, the appropriations process has not only broken down, it's been shut down. and as a consequence, all appropriations decisions are made with respect to the c.r., and the c.r. ultimately is written in the leader's office. so those decisions will not be made in the lame duck by majorities on either side. they will be made by harry reid on the senate side and either agreed to or acquiesced in by john boehner on the house side. that's the worst way to legislate and appropriate is to put it all on the hands of one man, two men in this case. but that's the way it is. so i can't give you any guidance on that. talk to harry reid and see how he feels. talk to john boehner and see what he would agree to. but there will be no logical appropriations p
wonder how hurricane sandy and a possible need for fema to get some emergency supplemental funding will impact on the lame duck and if you could talk a little bit about that and if the, if you think the c.r. that goes through march now will be folded into that to be finished out for the year. >> let me talk about that, because i was an appropriator. um, the appropriations process has not only broken down, it's been shut down. and as a consequence, all appropriations decisions are made...
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. >> sandy, i really welcome this. i think my understanding is that the time of the federalist papers in our constitution in 1787 and so forth grew out of a lot of study of constitutions across time and across countries and so forth. and so that grew out of serious study of other good constitutions. now, what you're proposing, i think, is this constitutional convention which i find quite interesting, and i think your knowledge of the 51 state constitutions as well as the others you've looked at would give you a perspective which would be extremely useful in such a constitutional convention. and so based on everything you've seen and known to date, if you could propose three things for a new constitution, the three most important changes to today's constitution, what would those be? >> let me take your word "proposal" quite literally. i mean, there are certain issues that i have very strong views on, um, that at the end of the day might not be all that, might not be all that important like, for example, getting rid of l
. >> sandy, i really welcome this. i think my understanding is that the time of the federalist papers in our constitution in 1787 and so forth grew out of a lot of study of constitutions across time and across countries and so forth. and so that grew out of serious study of other good constitutions. now, what you're proposing, i think, is this constitutional convention which i find quite interesting, and i think your knowledge of the 51 state constitutions as well as the others you've...
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one without the property case, chris and sandy can delete items from other two boys, spencer and elliott twins purchase entering high school. her mom still are. , so we have to tell this human story as often as possible because that's what america cares about them we have to be smart and strategic advocate the strict curries as fast as we can, but always remembering why we fight and i can't be more eloquent that you just wear. >> you talked about coalitions for the works i was stunned this election season. how do you see our role as lgbt people and working on other issues of oppression and were d.c. that needs to play out? they take those benefits but don't always get them back. >> you're absolutely right. the something patrick was talking about there. it's important if you look at this fiscal clip we'll talk about, sequestration we don't come through sensible resolution here, all people, including lgbt people. it's often silly when you have discussions as though lgbt people are part of the community impacted by health care or impact by cuts in medical care, particularly care for hiv and
one without the property case, chris and sandy can delete items from other two boys, spencer and elliott twins purchase entering high school. her mom still are. , so we have to tell this human story as often as possible because that's what america cares about them we have to be smart and strategic advocate the strict curries as fast as we can, but always remembering why we fight and i can't be more eloquent that you just wear. >> you talked about coalitions for the works i was stunned...
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consideration grant russia pntr, it also contains enforcement provisions that my brother congressman sandy levin fought for to address concerns about russia's compliance with its w.t.o. obligations and other trade concerns such as russia's persistent failure to stop intellectual property rights infringement and to help promote the rule of law in russia. these are important enforcement tools that will give us a chance to monitor russia's promise in fulfilling its commitments and i look forward to getting these actions accomplished in not in legislation. it includes the sergei magnitsky accountability act of 2012 which was inspired by the russian whistle-blower sergei magnitsky who was ruthlessly murdered. it would require that human rights violators in russia be identified and we deny them u.s. visas as well as freeze their u.s. assets. howfers -- and -- however, and here's the problem for me. the magnitsky along before us is not the magnitsky language adopted by our finance and foreign relations committees. their magnitsky language applied the same sanctions to human rights violators where
consideration grant russia pntr, it also contains enforcement provisions that my brother congressman sandy levin fought for to address concerns about russia's compliance with its w.t.o. obligations and other trade concerns such as russia's persistent failure to stop intellectual property rights infringement and to help promote the rule of law in russia. these are important enforcement tools that will give us a chance to monitor russia's promise in fulfilling its commitments and i look forward...
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the irresistible force consumption of opposition to co2 and global warming in the wake of hurricane sandy and we will have to see what happens. another category that didn't get talked about, and that's very unfortunate and first on that list i would talk about health care defined as madison, defined as curing things since the clinton era we have had abundant discussions of health care finance, health care insurance. in the same period, the number of quantity of medicine emerging from the medical scientific pipeline has plummeted the number of new drugs with 62% in the last 15 years and medical device is down 40%, the number of new antibiotics, the amount of the venture capital of the field is down anywhere between a third to 3/4 depending on which source you look to but nobody thinks it's going up. in other words we are in a paradoxical situation at president obama's reelection will only enunciate this further. we are committed to taking care of everybody in this country on health care. the truth of the matter is we have had a version of national health insurance since the emergency treat
the irresistible force consumption of opposition to co2 and global warming in the wake of hurricane sandy and we will have to see what happens. another category that didn't get talked about, and that's very unfortunate and first on that list i would talk about health care defined as madison, defined as curing things since the clinton era we have had abundant discussions of health care finance, health care insurance. in the same period, the number of quantity of medicine emerging from the...